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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11570
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14774
13 Actual Demand 11265
14 Aggregate Planning 12300
15 Air Cargo 10181
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6714
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34958
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15383
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19383
20 Assembly Line 22677
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23073
22 Average Speed of Answer 26626
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23280
24 Batch Production 38589
25 Bill Discounting 14641
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11328
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7218
28 Blanket Release 10098
29 Bonded Warehouse 10131
30 Booking Number 13912
31 Bottleneck 9617
32 Buffer Stock 59514
33 Build to Stock 13088
34 Bullwhip Effect 9765
35 Business Logistics 25898
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12642
37 Capacity Management 40860
38 Capacity Utilization 14200
39 Capital Intensive 8512
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8854
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12218
42 Certified Supplier 9019
43 Channel Effectiveness 8994
44 Co-Destiny 9373
45 Co-managed Inventory 12648
46 Co-Packers 11848
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6953
48 Computer-Based Training 7752
49 Consular Invoice 19927
50 Container Depot 10672
51 Container Freight Station 10329
52 Continuous Replenishment 19644
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12151
54 Contract Carrier 7360
55 Contract of Affreightment 11483
56 Control Charts 8019
57 Cost Flow 10352
58 Courier Service 15339
59 CPFR 8283
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11880
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44349
62 Date Code 18365
63 Days of Supply 19938
64 Dead on Arrival 9420
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7373
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8191
67 Detective Control 8980
68 Devanning 14288
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11048
70 Dispatching 24679
71 Distributed Inventory 8424
72 Distribution Channel Management 34980
73 Distribution Metrics 9230
74 Distribution Planning 24297
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15326
76 Double Marginalization 52894
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22483
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20702
80 Echelon Inventory 26303
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38356
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49975
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7682
84 Efficient Frontier 25613
85 Engineer-to-Order 31873
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16667
87 Erlang B Formula 9415
88 ETD 8391
89 Ex Works 7885
90 Exception Rate 13591
91 Exponential smoothing 9889
92 External Growth 10163
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9587
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10740
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8878
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27199
99 Flow Through Distribution 12398
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8256
101 FOB Destination 13137
102 Forward buying 30323
103 Freight Charge 10480
104 Freight Consolidation 7591
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11821
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29689
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12767
109 Hub 23547
110 Idle Time 8132
 
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